Hi Gerald, Please let us know we can unmount the drives and power down the BBB by either pushing the power button momentarily or using the Linux shutdown command. We are refraining from powering up the BBB until we know how to power down the board correctly.
Lawrence On Monday, August 10, 2015 at 6:46:56 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Gerald, > > So to unmount the drives and power down the BBB, I can either push the > power button momentarily or use the Linux shutdown command? > > Lawrence > > On Wednesday, August 5, 2015 at 5:39:06 AM UTC-7, Gerald wrote: >> >> By doing this you can get corruption. Linux requires that you unmount the >> drives before powering down. >> >> There is also a Linux shutdown command that can be used. >> >> Gerald >> >> >> On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:07 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi Gerald, >>> >>> Following the instructions on the BeagleBoard.org - getting-started >>> <http://beagleboard.org/getting-started> webpage, my team lead and I >>> have been powering up the BBB by using the provided USB cable to plug our >>> Beagle into our computers. We didn't find instructions on powering it >>> down. So, we have been powering it down by simply pulling the cable out. >>> By doing this, can we also get corruption? If so, where is the shutdown >>> procedure documented? >>> >>> Lawrence >>> >>> On Sunday, October 13, 2013 at 12:19:54 PM UTC-7, Gerald wrote: >>>> >>>> Nope. If you do it the way I just said, the board is powered off after >>>> it is done. Then you can pull the power. >>>> >>>> Pull the power without letting the kernel unmount the eMMC or SD card, >>>> and you can get corruption. >>>> >>>> Gerald >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 1:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> So pulling out the power with properly shutting down the system could >>>>> corrupt the eMMC ??? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, October 13, 2013 4:39:05 PM UTC+5:30, [email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am trying to use the beaglebone black (in factory default settings) >>>>>> in a control application, where the BBB interfaces to a 20x4 character >>>>>> LCD, >>>>>> 18 button keypad, and a RS 232 connection using ttyO4 port (connects to >>>>>> RS >>>>>> 485 network using appropriate drivers). >>>>>> >>>>>> I have almost developed the hardware and the software using Eclispe >>>>>> C++ IDE. >>>>>> >>>>>> As I am not using any batteries or other power backup devices for the >>>>>> BBB, Do I have to implement a shutdown procedure for my users ?? >>>>>> >>>>>> I have made a procedure in which the user presses a combination of >>>>>> keys to get the shutdown option on the LCD, selecting the shutdown >>>>>> option >>>>>> runs the system("shutdown -h now") command in my C++ program. >>>>>> >>>>>> Is a shutdown procedure required for the BBB or will just pulling out >>>>>> the +5V power jack be sufficient. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have read in some sites that the eMMC could get corrupted causing >>>>>> startup issues.... >>>>>> >>>>>> Please advise.... >>>>>> >>>>>> thanks >>>>>> a >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>>>> --- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "BeagleBoard" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Gerald >> >> [email protected] >> http://beagleboard.org/ >> > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
